Grain-carrier for harvesters.



No. 767,416. PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904. H. W. LAMPE & J. HUMMEL. GRAIN CARRIER FOR HARVESTERS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1903.

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[NVENTORS No. 767,416. PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904. H. W. LAMPE & J. HUMMEL. GRAIN GARRIER FOR HARVESTEBS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented August 16, 1904.

PATENT FFICE.

HERMAN W. LAMPE, OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, AND JACOB HUMMEL, OF REDTOP, PENNSYLVANIA.

GRAIN-CARRIER FOR HARVESTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 767,416, dated August 16, 1904.

Application filed July 9, 1903- Serial No. 164,875. (No model.)

To It whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HERMAN W. LAMPE, a resident of Springfield, county of Greene, and State of Missouri, and JACOB HUMMEL, a

5 resident of Redtop, county of Union, and State of Pennsylvania, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain-Carriers for Harvesters, of which the following is a specification.

1 This invention relates to grain-carriers for harvesters.

One object of the present invention is the provision of an improved grain-carrier which will deliver the grain directly to the binderdeck and prevent wasting of the grain and clogging incident thereto.

Another object is to provide a grain-carrier Which will handle the grain without lifting it to the height necessary with the ordinary type of grain-carrier and deck and which will use shorter conveyers and deck.

A further object is the provision of a novel frame construction which assists in supporting the elevating-conveyer.

5 A still further object is to accomplish at will a change in the course of the grain being delivered to the binder-deck whereby the band may be placed on the bundle nearer the butts or heads, as desired as, for instance,

3 in handling uneven grainand we also provide an improved adjuster-board cooperating with the devices for accomplishing the shifting of the course of the grain, as aforesaid.

Another object is the provision of a novel retarder for retarding either the heads or butts of the grain while in transit to the binder-deck.

To accomplish the foregoing objects and others not specifically mentioned, we provide 4 in connection with the elevating conveyer having a novel frame construction for guiding the elevating-conveyer a secondary conveyer of improved form which can be ad justed in relation to the binder-deck, an improved adj Lister-board adjustable with the said conveyer, and a retarder of novel form adapted for use with the secondary conveyer, and also other novel features cooperating in an improved manner, as fully set forth hereinafter. 5

The novel features of the invention are recited in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front sectional elevation of a harvester equipped with our improvements; Fig. 2, a

detail front elevation of the invention; Fig.

3, a detail rear elevation taken opposite to Fig. 2; Fig. a, a detail plan view of the secondary conveyer; Fig. 5, a detail perspective of the secondary conveyer, showing the retarder; and Fig. 6, a detail of the retarder itself. Fig. 7 is a section taken on line 00, Fig. 1.

The cutter is shown at 1, and 2 is the horizontally operating conveyer or apron on 5 which the grain falls after being severed by the cutter. Upper and lower elevating aprons or conveyors 3 and at are employed, the former having the deflector-board 5, as usual; but the frame construction we have improved. 7 The sides of the frame 6 are provided with inturned flanges or lips 7, running parallel to the frame-pieces 8. These flanges 7 perform the office of supporting the under part of the lower elevating apron or conveyer 4: and, to- 75 gether with the frame-pieces 8, guiding said conveyer.

Instead of providing the deck-board alone at the upper end of the conveyer 4:, as usual, we provide our several improved. mechanisms. 30

A secondary conveyer-frame 9 is hinged at 10 and rendered adjustable up and down in any preferred manner. Pivoted at one end to the conveyer-frame at 11 is our improved secondary conveyer 12, comprising a frame, 5 rollers 13 and 14. carried thereby and suitably driven, adjuster-boards 15, and a lip or flange 16. These parts are adapted for adjustment in a horizontal plane with relation to the primary conveyer 4. Extending across from one 9 side of the frame 6 to the other side is a guard 17, which overhangs the secondary conveyer and prevents the grain discharging from the elevating-conveyer from falling through or dogging- To accomplish adjustment of the secondary conveyer on the frame 9, any suitable mechanism, such as the rods 18 and 19 and bellcrank 20, may be provided, and to limit the adjustment of the conveyor a slotted plate 21 is provided on the frame 9, which receives a Extendpin 22 on the secondary conveyer. ing from one side 6 to the other side 6 is a rod 23. Removably attached to the rod 23 and adjustable along it is a retarder 25L, consisting of a plate having corrugations, stops, or shoulders 25. This plate overhangs the secondary conveyer. The grain carried up by the elevating-conveyors is delivered onto the secondary conveyer-apron 26, which carries it to the usual binder-deck 27 (separate from the conveyer-frame 9) and discharges it thereon. The guards 16 and 17 prevent any clogging. The adjuster-board l5 adjusts the butts of the grain while being carried along the apron 26 to even the lengths and make ready for bundling by the binder. The secondary conveyer 12 being pivoted at one end and being rendered adjustable through the medium of rod 19, it is obvious that moving the opposite end from the pivotal end toward or from the binder-deck 27 would change the course of the grain delivered to the binder and make the binding closer to or farther from the butts.

The retarder is used to hold back the feed of the grain on the secondary conveyer when it is desired to retard the feed for any purpose.

Sometimes the grain is delivered in an uneven state to the secondary conveyer, the heads being inadvance of the butts of the grain, and it is necessary to provide an adjuster or retarder to even the straw just before it reaches the binding mechanism. This obviates bunching and crowding at that point.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is----- 1. A. combined harvester and binder having a pivoted conveyer-frame adjustable horizontally toward and from the binder-deck, a conveyer carried thereby, adapted to deliver grain to said deck, and an adjuster-board carried with the conveyer-frame.

2. A combined harvester and binder having a conveyer higher than the binder-deck and adjustable horizontally to and from said deck.

3. A combined harvester and binder having a pivoted conveyer higher than the binderdeck and adjustable horizontally to and from said. deck.

4. A combined harvester and binder having a conveyer-frame pivotedat one side of the harvesteifiranie, a horizontal con veyer located thereon, adapted to deliver grain to the binderdeck and means for adjusting the free end of said conveyer horizontally toward and away from the binder-deck.

5. A combined harvester and binder having a conveyer adjustable horizontally toward and away from the binder-deck, and an adjuster for the grain.

6. A combined harvester and binder having a horizontally swinging pivoted conveyer higher than the binder-deck and an adjuster for the grain.

7. A combined harvester and binder having a secondary conveyer above the binder-deck, and a guard overhanging the secondary conveyer and under the grain-passage to prevent loss of the grain while passing from the elevating-conveyer to the secondary conveyer.

8. A combined harvester and binder having a secondary conveyer above the binder-deck and adjustable in relation thereto, and a guard. overhanging the secondary conveyer and under the grain-passage to prevent loss of the grain while passing from the elevating-conveyer to the secondary conveyer.

9. A combined harvester and binder having a substantially horizontally disposed secondary conveyer arranged to receive the grain on its upper part and carry the grain from the elevating-carrier and deliver it to the binderdeck, said conveyer being adjustable with relation to said binder-deck. I

10. A combined harvester and binder having a horizontal secondary conveyer adjacent the binder-deck, means for retarding the grain passing thereover, and means on which said before-mentioned means is slidable.

11. A combined harvester and binder having ahorizontal secondary conveyer adapted to deliver the grain to the binder-deck, pivoted means overhanging said conveyer and adapted to retard the grain passing thereover, and means on which said pivoted means is slidable.

In testimony whereof We have severally signed our names to this specification, in each. instance in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERMAN WV. LAMPE. JACOB HUMMEL. WVitnesses to signature of Herman WV. Lampe:

CHAS. WERNER, J12, (JrrAs. WVILsoN. Witnesses to signature of Jacob AMMoN J. S'rnnsn, J oruv XV. HEINLEY.

Hummel: 

